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Entries from April 2009

The Gathering Norm: Marriage Equality

April 26th, 2009 · No Comments

Pat Gozemba
The marriage equality victory in Iowa was greeted with heartfelt cheers on our side and an attempt to rain on our parade with a 60 second homophobic commercial, “The Gathering Storm,” from a Mormon front group, the National Organization for Marriage (NOM). They want all Americans to be afraid—like them. NOM claims to [...]

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Tags: gay marriage · marriage equality

HB444 Civil Unions HI: A New Look

April 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Pat Gozemba
While to some the future of HB 444 for Civil Unions looks bleak, don’t tell that to the thousands of equality activists on the ground in Hawai’i. Technically there still is time to pull HB 444 from the Senate Judiciary Committee (that is deadlocked at 3-3)  and get the bill on the Senate [...]

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Tags: Hawai'i · civil unions

Marriage Equality: Facts v Lies

April 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Pat GozembaIf you spend time reading religious objections to marriage equality, watching ads like the National Organization for Marriage blockbuster “The Gathering Storm,” or tuning in to Brian Camenker’s MassResistance blather, then you might enjoy a straightforward rebuttal to the anti-equality messaging.
 
The same old objections to marriage equality are recycled through all [...]

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Tags: civil rights · marriage equality